Song of the Week - WEEK 78 Voting/WEEK 79 Nominating

I've listened to four tracks so far, and I'm quite impressed with them. Then I look through the topic, and so far, those are the ones getting the least votes. I'll agree with CHz and say this is looking to be a wonderful week.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Points assigning time! This is going to be tough though, I enjoyed everything this week had to offer.

Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - I can hear the shriek (Stage ~Cave~) - Kind of an oddball crazy song. I have no problem with the voices in the song, though they aren't outstanding. There are a lot of sounds all combining together, but they work well and make this sound good.

HALO 2 Original Soundtrack and New Music Vol. 1 - 2nd Movement of the Odyssey - I'm one of the people that thinks something from the Halo 2 soundtrack is too mainstream for this, but it's in, and I haven't heard it, so I'll give it a fair shot. I like the first minute and half or so, where the song is a slow rock with a little distortion on the guitars. The next three minutes I could do without. After 4:30, it gets a little better, but nothing special. I would've liked it plenty more had they stuck with the style from the beginning.

Mr. Bones Soundtrack - In This World - A song with lyrics I can understand! (This is quite a rarity for me.) That said, I quite enjoyed the lyrics. The blues style is also very well done.

Phalanx - The Enforce Fighter A-144 (SNES Game Rip) - Under Water (Stage 2) - A bouncy tune that didn't really stick with the first listen. Further listens, I found myself humming along with it and I got it stuck in my head, and I've been liking it more with more listens.

Republic - The Revolution Original Soundtrack - Blood Brother - I can definitely feel the emotion in this. A powerful voice with moving strings. Beautiful stuff.

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Perfect Sound Tracks - Unpublished Tune (Arrange Ver.) - Kind of like tears which died, only I didn't enjoy the main melody quite as much.

STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album - Planet She - A nice piano song. I can't really describe this without saying anything that's already been said. However, after giving this an initial couple listens, I went and left it on for the next 20 minutes.

Under Defeat -Extended Tracks- - tears which died - Most of it is typical Shinji Hosoe sounds, which I tend to enjoy. Reminds me a little bit of some of the better Mega Man X series music. It does resort to guitar noodling a bit too much, though.

Picking a favorite out of all these is impossible. Gonna have to go with the spread points this week, and unfortunately hand out two snubs.

1 point to:
Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - I can hear the shriek (Stage ~Cave~)
Mr. Bones Soundtrack - In This World
Phalanx - The Enforce Fighter A-144 (SNES Game Rip) - Under Water (Stage 2)
Republic - The Revolution Original Soundtrack - Blood Brother
STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album - Planet She
Under Defeat -Extended Tracks- - tears which died

There's nowhere I can't reach.

There's been a ton of borderline stuff nominated lately, it seems. Halo 2 and Grandia 3 a couple weeks back both got in, though, so I'm not sure what's too popular and what's not. Blaster Master's music I had refrained from nominating in the past because I thought it was already well known. Final Fantasy Legend isn't from the main series, but has the FF name tacked on it. I thought Devil May Cry music was always pretty popular. And Unlimited Saga is pretty well known around these parts. All of these are things I probably would give extreme caution when nominating, as I think these all may be a bit too popular. But, I haven't been around SOTW as long as most people, so perhaps I'm thinking on the conservative side of things.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.